The Sun. — London, England, 1864-10-05 00:00:00

lIONEY XARIIET AND C OIIESILCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, T WELVE O'CLOCK. In the general Money Market a very favourable el ati ge is bein g d a il y d eve l o p e d. Towards the ose of last week the lowest quotation cut of doors, for even the be s t b an k ers ' accep t ance s, was 9 per 4 11 t.) and the national establishment were getting r ., e . Prin eiPsl portion of the business, but now ope . '13°48 are reported in the open market at 81, and 16 exceptional instances as low as 8 1 per cent. Which i a very larg e supply of money on offer, Who btu, induced com p e titi o n among the brokers, :o look f or a reduction of 1 per cent. i n th e B an k of E ng l and En ghtud minimum next week, and are conse l' n r , e ntlY basing their transactions on such an event. A. further sum of £72,000 in gold was taken into 'll°ank yesierday. T.he Baroda, which left yesterday for India and t ' ll uaa, took out £llO,OOO. T hera Was no m a t er i a l alteration in the foreign e zeuanges yesterday afternoon. Two o'CLocx. 4 t the P ar i s B ourse thi s d a y, according to Reuters telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were quoted 65f. 90c. Firmer. Th e English Funds, which closed yester da y afternoon_ at an improvement of per cent., rose a nother 1 1 - this morning, but this additional a dvance .. 48 not been m a i n t a ined ; Consols, consequently, Tnd at 881 for money and the 11th, and at 89 , 3 for the 10th pros. The New Threes and Re. ‘ . ll ned are 861 ; India 5 per Cents., 10 3 k 4 , and ". Bonds, Bs. to 53. die. Foreign Securities are tolerably steady, and wiliness is moderately active. Turkish 6 pee M exican, 1862, are 701. ; ditto Consolides, 601 ; " Nl exican, 27% g ; Greek, 231 I; Spanish Passive, 31 i ; ditto Certificates, 131 14k ; Portuguese, 461 7 ; and the Confederate Loan, 62 64. Business in the Rahway Share Market has con. t "tined active, and a further improvement has taken p l ace in prices. North Western and No rth Eas tern (Berwick) have each advanced ss. ; Bri ghton, South Western, and Metropolita n each 105 . i,; Great E as t ern , 15 s . ; Great Northern A Stock , 4 ' l ; and Caledonian, 10s. 111 the Foreign and Colonial lines there is 'Me change of importance. B ank and Miscellaneous shares have been in s more request, and have realised enhanced rates. Cit y have i m p rove d to 115 118 ; London and AtY to 71 73 ; London Joint Stock to 45 46 ; Me tropolitan to 45 46 ; L o ndon and Westminster to 95 ; and Provincial to 22; Union of Lon don to 6241 Joint Stock Discount to 516; and Qre ' B treet Warehouse to 8 1 9 ; Cred i t Fancier t 1 'hares are St quoted 2i I prom. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 1( Per Cent. Consols $ D o Account, Oct. 11 i a ic ei pe r Cent. Reduced S6I w 3 per C ent . B6l / t( Z 2 i per Cent. Jan. 1894 i., 0 6 LI A per Cent., Jan. 1873 — .ti 'll:nties, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — 'Jo for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 M — b.rch. June. 't Elc hscl o tler Bills, £l,OOO, 4 & 31 per Cent. £5OO •••• Q „,, 1)0 LlOO and Cl. at k England Stk, 51 per t D 0 Account — . Ittp,,„. , i d --",, UOVERNMENT;.SECURITIES. II Is Stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 212 10 ‘ Do bc. Account 6 per Cent. Oct 1870 .... D o 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — , Do Certificates D ° - ' 3 Account 0 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — D o 4 i 1 , - pei Cent , - ;-,i o Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent — 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .... I ) '" ° l 6 i per Cet. May, 1879 —,•,° per Cent., ' Aug. 1866 ", 0 Bonds tl.OOO 'Jo under £l,OOO A•FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. -.busiriau Bonds, 5 per Cent — ' 4l. ,tilian 6 per Cent "" 0 4 1 per Cent., 1852-58-60 D 0863 — 8 ": 1 08 Ayres 6 per Cent — n,Do Accoun t ... • , ) ..... u %Ban 6 per Cent. C . 041 per Cent - - e ° , l°l3l b 6 iall 6 per Cent -- ~ba) per Cent. DA 6 per Cent, 1864 11 -r. lllBll 3 per Cent., 1825 --- c u ° 6 p er Cent, 1864 •Qctiador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent l2 ~,) Do, Provisonal Land Warrant 4 igYPtian 7 per Cent — 961 Do) Second Issue sap° £ lOO Bonds ee l ( 5 Account per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — D 0 Do Coupons ........... G b° Account uatereala 5 per Cent Do 1839 and 1859 Italianlt. 6 per Ce n t.(M aremmana Railway) e sacau 3 per Cent DO Account D 0 1864 1)0 French Scrip, Ea. 25f 20c — D 0 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — die Ditto Scrip, £33 p.... — 140orish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent. Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) -- Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 — Do do Aug., 1866 — P eruvian 41 per Cent Do 3 per cent. (Uribarren)... — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, ' 9 , '6O, 62,'3 461 uo Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B7 Do 41 per Cent., 1850 .. Do 1860 — Do 8 per Cent 1859 Do 6 per Cent, 1862 uo Anglo-Dutch .... ~. Do Scrip, £65 pa id 'Sard inian 5 per Cent .. ~. Do Account opanish 3 per Cent DO Account — DO New Deferred — Do Account Do Passive Do A ccount Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account l4 1 Swe dish, 4 per Cent D 0 R • turkish 6 -crIP, £6O ai per Cent. 1854 ' -- pm D o Account bo 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account .. 7 0 i i Do £lOO Bonds.. 7Ol D 01863 .. Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Do 1863 --- Venezuela_ Scrip, £4O paid per cent. Do Account — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do 6 per C ent ., 1864 Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. telgian 4} per Cent., Ex. 25f... Dutch 21 per Cent.,Ex. 12 Gull Do 4 per Cent. ertiticates French Rentes, 2 per Cent. Italian, 5 per Cent. t 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. Do Account Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 4} per Ct. Ex. 4s. P iedniontese, 5 per Cont., Ex. 25f — • THREE O'CLOCK Consols Money Do Account .... 88l 1 Do Nov.. FATAL LEAP OF A CONVICT FROM A RAILWAY TRAIN.—On Saturday morning, about ten minutes Past six o'clock, the body of a man was found on the Liver- Pool line of the London and North-Western Railway, about me rails north of Crewe station, by a pointsman named . J oseph W oo d s . Th e man apparentlyhad b een kill e db y a tram, hts skull being fi ightfully fractured, and the body quite cold glad stiff when found. He appears to have been between 30 and 40 years of age, dressed in moleskin jacket and trousers, and worsted cap ; wore a linen shirt, marked " D. 1.," and had, en his right leg a leg-iron, to which is attached a chain, Which was carried up the insi3o of his trousers and sus pended round his body with a cord. Near him was found a grey travelling rug, and in his pockets two small rolls of bread and some cooked beef, The body was removed to the hospital attached to the company's works to await the coro ner's inquest. It has since been discovered that he was one of . a numbe r o f conv i cts who were being conveyed b y up laisal from Sc o tl an d to London, and that he jumped f rom the train while at full speed near Crewe. The Courrier de la Drome saya—" The vintage at the Chateau de l'Hermitage has taken place under ex ceptionally favourable conditions, and there is every reason to hope that the produce will be of a quality equally B °. The grape -gathering is also over is the greater part of the Ardeehe, and tho crop is considered most satisfactory both as regards quantity and quality." - 2HARE MARKETS—This day. Share Railways. Ll 4. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. at titythe and Tyne. at Bristol and Exeter at Caledonian 50 Cork and Bandon 80 Cornwall A 2 - ets no diN 10 Do A till 6p c.p an. has 10 Do. B been paid to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast Juno. 85 Dun.,Perth,& Ab. Juno. at. Edinburgh & Glasgow. at Glasg. and S. Western. at Great Eastern, Ord. atk st Ditto A stock at Ditto East Angli an et at GreatNorthof Scotland st Great Northern at Do A stock at Do B do st Gt. S. and W. of Ireland st Great Western ,Original st Do Str Val ena. stook at Do. South Wales at Do. West Mid. --Oxford Do Newport et Do Hereford st Lancashire & Yorkshire at London and Biaokwall st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast st Lon., Chat., and Dover at Lon. & North Western at Lon. & Soy,th Western at 51an., net, .5 Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 125 Do shares... at Metropolitan st Midland at Do Birming. & Derby 50 Slid. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do. 1 shares all 100 100 101 a:1 all all all Hid Kent it North British tt Edin., Perth, & Dundee it Nth. Eastern—Berwiok 15 Do, G.N.E. purchasi it Do Leeds it Do York it Do Carlisle E 5 Do. Stock. & Darling 15 Do do 1855-58 26 Do do 186G.61 et North London 10 Do New . 10 Do New, 1864. st North Staffordshire .. 10 N. and S. W. Junction at Scottish Central st Scot. N. E., Aber. stook st Do Soot. Mid. stook 10 Shrews. and Welehpool et Shropshire Union et South Devon et South Eastern 20 6taines,Wok.,andWok et Taff Vale« ..• 10 Do C st Vale of Neath at Waterford .t& Kilkenny t , West Cornwall it W. Hartlepool Llar.&R ORDINARY SIIARES AND STOVES. Paid. Closing Business Price. done. 123} f 451 i 1 1071 7 65 95 6 p 751 7 821 12 141 i 40 391 68 i 0 1 8 1 i i 634 44 7 100 115 11 141 15 654 LO3 2 un i I 1 111 95 60 1 51 1091 10 9 91 131 29k 1 101 BRITISH Pi ,are I Railways alantio & St Lawrenc , lom.,Baroda&.Cent Gn. 5 per cent.... • • • • 'I) Do. E. 5hare5......... :04 iiulialo and Laaellurof LO Do. Prefcronoe •• • to iutlalo,Brant,&Godricl 1 ;p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 187 )U Jo. do. July 1, 187 )0 so. do. June 1, 18. st lcutta.&S.Eastn.(hil at 'apeTown A-, Dock Ser )0 Demerara 7 p.a. per. pf sck Nastn. Bengal gu. 5 1,. oak ls:ast Indian. en. 5 p. e 20 Do. do. J Eat.... oak ;rand Trun , x of Cana , 0 Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge ti per cent CO Do. Ist rrel. Bond:, 00 Do. do. deferred"... • 00 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. 00 Do. do. deferred...... 00 Do. 3d P. ef. stock 00 Do. do. deferred..... 00 Do. 4th Pref. stock... 00 Do. do. deferred...•.• oak (3t.lncliaPonln.gua. s p .r 20' Do.,G uf. 5 per cent .. 20 Do. New gua. 5 p. c• • • ;aok 3t. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent stock Do. 41 per cent..... stock Do .. . ........ mi it. W. of Canada Shar e r 104 Do. New .. )0 1)0. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt )0 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. [0 Indian Branch Limited )ok Siadras. guar., sp. o. )ok Do. It p. o. Ex tensim )ok Do. 41 do.. ••.. • • tO Do. Fifth Extension. 30k Alelb.Corp. s p. o. 13ndt 50 Nlelb. & liobson's Bay. 10 Sewßrunswiok at Cana. Class A. and B. N.ll.l.C'da6 po Ist pi bat ock Soiude ..) ock Do. Delhi 30 Do. ), at Do. Punjaub e ook 1)0. Indu.St. Flol) COLONIAL GOVER British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 3 t, 1872.... Do. do. 1883.... ;911.610 , 7.6 p.c.Ja &J ul; 1877-81 1.4.0.41.601110.6. Do. A p. c. Feb. & Al 4, Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. 0. Jan.&July. Do. 5 lnseribed stool :ape G.llope, 6 p c,187: Do.Ap & Oct. 188( Do. 1891 )o. Jan. & July, 1891.. N0v.1F6 1 3, 6 p 1878, do. Afturitius 6 p.cent.lB73 Do. 1878 Do. 1882 natal Gov. 6 per cent.. , 1.13.G0v. 6 pm,' a.&Jul) v. S.W. Gov. 5 p e., 18 Du. 5 p. c.,18t1 to Id7i Do. d0.,1888 &upwd, new Zealand 6 p cent soya Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875. Queensland Gcv. 6 p. c. Aus Gov. 6 p.e.1E68- Do. 1.78 &upward 3... Vio.GoV. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) Do. to 8 p.o. AD.&Oot.. BRITISH MINES. 2 (ambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 — Chiverton 3 64 7 utilloro Amalgamated 30 32 i Devon G. Con.. (Tavist 1 570 590 Drakewalls East Bassett(lllogan) 3O 63 65 East Caradon ...... '1.14.f 265 274 ,;ast Cant Brea 3.4.° 7 7, East Grenville 2.7.0. 74 71 East Lovell 2.13.6. 8 9 W'lltussel(Tavistk. 8.13. c 44 6 GamizSt.Aubyn(Gwen 60, 7 9 4 Great Laxey, all 15 15 i rent South Tolgus li a 2 24 4. Wheal Vor(lielston 40 30 31 4renville.. ilerod's-Foot 8.13 88 40 ilingston Downs 1.18.1 4 44 N l ar garet (Ow Lelant 7 ‘larke Valley.. yndy Iron Ore (Lim 2I; 14 j d NangiloB. ••• 19 25 :7 Vew Seton 214 75 85 , *orth Downs; 3 1 14 North Roskear. ,W h'i Baseet(lllo4an 3.1,..6 11 25 north Wheal Crotty Prosper United 7.1.'. 34 31 crovidenoe(Uny Lelnt lO 6.7 37 39 iouthCaradon(St.Cleer 15 620 540 = W heal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.1 424 474 stray Park . 10.17.1 28 80 fin Cron 4 18 19 tiVesi Basset (Illofan) l4 8 9 • Ar C' radon (Liskeard 9 10 11 West Chiverton West Sown Wheal Basset (Mogan 54 92 95 Wheal Buller(Redrutb 10 17 19 WhealLudeott Wheal Mary Ann (Lien 8 14 16 Wheal 3eton 584 205 215 Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 7 19 21 Wheal Union 4 1 16 PREFERENCE SHARES. North Staffot dshire, 2I LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire , 54 Midland Bradford pl. stock, 93 BANKS. Agra and Masterman's (lim.), 130 Alliance (Um.). 46 45 Ditto, new, 445 5 Anglo Austrian, 7 t Australasia, 68 Bank of British Columbia. 155 Brazilian and Portuguese, Um., 12 City, 118 15 Consolidated Bank, lim., 101 Continental, Urn., 181 East London, lim.. 6 1 Eastern Exchange, 3 English and Swedish, lira., 141 European Bank, lim., 11 1 Ditto (£10), 105 Hindustan, china, and Japan (11m.), 304 Ditto, new, 23 Imperial Bank (lim.). 31 Imperial Bank of jhina, India, and Japan, lim. 25 Imperial Ottoman, 165 International B Bin., 13 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 41 1 London Bank of Scotland, lim.. 10 1 London and Brazilian aim.), 445 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 24 London and County, 71 3 London Joint Stock, 455 6 London and South African, 23 London and %% estminster, 95 Merchant Bank, lim , 234 Mercantile and Exchange, lim., 12 11 Ditto, new, 9 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 22 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi. him.. 12 Standard of British South Africa (11m.), 235 Union of Ireland, lim., 20 Union of London, 514 2 MISCELLANEOUS. City Offices, lira., 31 Company of African Merchants, lira.; 26 Ebbw Vale,:4l Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., 3 2/ E. glish and Australian Copper, 11 Financial Corporation, 6 . Fore-street Warehouse , Si 9 Gen. Credit and Finance ot London, Um., 61 I Home and C A ss urance, lira , 51 I Hudson's Bay, 151 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 7j 1 1 7 International Financial t-ociety, lim., 61 International Land Credit. lim., 51 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 56 London Financial Association, lira., 221 a la Ditto, new, 16 Lou 'on Provincial Marine, 21 -sdras Irrigation and Canal, 31 National Discount Company, him, 13 1 1 1 Oriental Financial, lim., 81 71 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 791 Telegrat ti Construe. and Maintenance, lira., Universal Marine. Insurance, lira., 61 I 82 84 122 122 6 7 31 33 16 17 85 67 105 107 44i 4.1 63 7i 117 128 137,E 138 127 130 90 92 68} 68! 46 47 35 40 93 101 1114 115 64 66 102 103 3S 40 1114 112 93 84 614 G 6 ICBi 100 1294 ;30 99 101 51 63 24 15 Itsi 1061 84,E 681 93} 125 130 85 38 9 10 7 8 p, 120 125 1 1 p 75 77 10 11 132 136 64 66 A 4 26 82 82i 8 9 160 165 ' 3i 4i p 97 99 31 36 SSESSIONS. Closing Price. 58 68 9JI i(0. Idis pr 41 51 7i 84 9i 10) 92 94 100 101 100 191 19 19i 93 93 71 73 CO 42 CO 68 55 57 53 56 90 03 29 31 27 29 ICO id pr id Jr gg 100 gi 10 1 11 10i 89 91 82 84 4 d ) r 991 100 k 92 94 88 90 8 GO $ K 80 83 99 100 98 100 6cl par 98 100 95 97 MENT SECURITIES. 90 93 90 91 89 92 79 8 78 81 104 106 107 109 108 110 107 10) MI 105 1( 9 112 101 104 103 106 103 105 KO 105 93 96 97 99 95 97 94 96 93 102 139 i 91 Paid 95 93 103 102 (05 107 1.05 106 Business dant 1"o1 1011 100, 1 191 1 all all all all all 100/ 31 all 100 (100 1100 2 : 1 0 XlOO THE StIN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTEOBR 5, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. DEATH OF MR. COMMISSIONER FANE. This morning information was received of the somewhat sudden death of Mr. Commissioner Fane, which took place at Weymouth yesterday evening. The learned Commis sioner had been in a very feeble state of health for some months, but latterly he appeared to he improving. Mr Registrar Winslow, who has been acting as Commis sioner, announced the melancholy fact to the gentlemen of the bar and the profession, and, in doing so, evincel much emotion. He said that apart from other circumstances, he thought it would only be a proper mark of respect to the memory of the deceased gentleman to suspend the business of the court for the day. The o,ases of last examination and discharge would be adjourned till to-morrow. Mr Bazley, on behalf of the bar, expressed ruuch regret, and concurred with the course adopted by the learned Registrar in adjourning the court. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This day. BOW STREET. STEALING LEAD FROM THE SAVOY CHAXEL.—Three men, labourers in the employ of Mr Myers, the builder, were placed at the bar charged with stealing upwards of 3 cwt. of lead, and a man named Fincher, a marine-store dealer, residing in White Hart-yard, was charged with feloniously receiving the same, A youth, named Westwood, in the employ of Mr Rou mien, the architect, seeing the men carrying the lead away, told his master, and afterwards he watched and distinctly saw each of the men leave the churchyard with lead in his possession. Mr R, L. Roumien said ho was an architect, and his offices wero at No. 4, Lancaster-place. Yesterday afternoon he was looking out of his office window, from which he had a clear view of the ruins of the old chapel, and he then saw the workmen who were employed in removing the lead from the top of the building, putting large pieces of it round their waists, going away with it, and then returning, after a short absence, to their work. He could not identify any of the prisoners. Mr John Pethybtidge said he resided at No. 4, New Hampstead-road, and was a clerk to Mr Roumien. About 11 o'clock a man came into his master's offices and said that the men employed at the Savoy Chapel were taking away some lead. He then looked out of window, and saw Savage take some off the gutter, put it round his waist, and then go off the premises with it. About ten minutes after, he saw Savage and Ellis dividing some money. After that, about 4 o'clock, he saw Cook leave the premises with a basket covered with a red cloth. A police-constable was present in our offices, and he then watched the prisoners, and found the lead was taken to the shop kept by Fincher, in White Hart-street. In the earlier part of the day he had seen the two prisoners, Savage and Ellis, divid ing something which looked like money. The prisoner Ellis here declared it was tobacco he was giving Savage, and not money. Mr Roumien taid he felt almost positiva it was money that was divided, because the men kept moving their hands backwards and forwards as if engaged in counting it. Cook said he should like to ask Mr Roumien if he saw him on the wall of the church. Mr Roumien replied he did not. Mr Vaughan told the prisoner witness had not said he did. Cook said the witness had said he saw three men taking away the lead, and himself and Cook and Savage were the only persons e mployed on the premises. Charles Lane, office-keeper, said—About half-past nine yesterday morning his attention was called to the prisoner Cook hiding pieces of lead under the burnt wood lying in the churchyard. He saw he afterwards hid lead in those different places. One piece appeared to be about 81bs or 10Ibs. He (Cook) watched the foreman turn his back, and then he picked up the lead about 10 o'clock, and left the churchyard with it tied up in a red cloth. He told Mr. Roumien about the circumstances, and at four o'clock he saw him again leave the churchyard with lead in his pos • session. He had previous to this seen'one of the men, he believed Ellis, throw some lead into the premises of Mr. Finney, which were destroyed at the fire but were now being rebuilt. The three prisoners have been engaged in olearing the ruins of the church ever since last Tuesday week. Towards the close of the day, after some more lead had been taken away, he saw the prisoners in close con versation, and making signs, indicating, ho supposed, that soma one was watching them. Inspector Avery, of the F division, said last evening he sent an officer to make some inquiries relative to some lead, and he went himself to the Savoy Churchyard and saw Ellis and Cook. While he was waiting he saw Savage return to the building with an empty basket, and on asking him where he had been, he said to get a glass of ale, He charged the men with stealing the lead. After taking the three men to the station-house, he went to the pri soner Fincher's; shop, No. 11, "White Hart-street, and asked him if he had recently bought some lead, He replied he had been buying lead all day long. He was asked to produce his book, which he did, and therein were two entries made on the 4th ; one represented 1 cwt. 1 quarter Albs. to have been purchased, for which £1 Os. ld. was paid, and the other 2 owt. 2 qrs, 141b5., for which he had paid .E 1 11s. 91 Mr Vaughan asked what was the name of the seller' '"Witnetio :said it was put down as a Mr Brook, builder 6, Southampton-street, but he could find no such person. He (witness) asked to see the lead. when it was shown to him. He took the prisoner to the station-house, and charged him with feloniously receiving stolen property, tend left an officer in charge of the lead. In answer to questions, Fincher told him he had sold a traveller about 1 cwt. of lead, but he had no entry beyond that made on a piece of paper. Cross-examined —He had been to the prisoner Pincher's twice during the day, and on the first occasion he told him he was charged with receiving the lead, knowing it to be stolen. He left the prisoner's shop the first time without leaving a constable in charge, but he was not absent maw than 10 minutes. He never told Fincher that if he had no received stolen property, at all events he was in the unlawful possession of it, and that he would get three months' im prisonment. The charge was not at first entered at the station as one of unlawful possession. The prisoner did did not say if you have any charge against me, take me at once to the station. Police-sergeant F 31 said he went to Lancaster-place, and from out of the second floor back window he had a view of the Savoy churchyard. He saw Cook carry away a basket covered with a piece of crimson cloth, which ap peared to have been a portion of some covering of the church. He returned in about 10 minutes, and then having entered conversation with the other two prisoners, they went into the church. He then went down and asked Cook if he had any business to carry away the lead, when he said he had. After he had taken the three prisoners to the station, he returned to the church, where he found a jacket belonging to Ellis, in the pockets of which were 131 b of lead. The general foreman in the employ of Mr Geo. Myers, builder, of Ordnance- wharf, Lambeth, said the lead; stolen from the Savoy Church was the property of his employers. He did not know the prisoners, but he knew they had no right to sell the lead. The property stolen in its present state was worth LtB or £2O per ton. Henry Smith said he was foreman of the men employed for Messrs Myers. He knew the prisoners. They were engaged on the works for restoring the Savoy Church. All lead taken off the building ought to have been :taken to the store house. The three prisoners were the only persons engaged yesterday in the removal of the rubbish. Mr Lewis, for the prisoner Pincher, contended there was nothing to show he had been guilty of any irregularity. The whole of the prisoners were fully committed for trial, but Fincher was admitted to bail in his own - recog nisances of £2OO and two sureties of £lOO each. WESTMINSTER. AN IMPUDENT ThIEF.—A tall young fellow, who gave the name of Cornelius Donovan, was charged with steal ing a large roll of bad ticking from a tradesman's door. William Chapman, of 44, Rochester-row, said that at half-past 7 last evening he saw the prisoner loitering about in front of his father's house, and not liking his appear ance, watched him. He saw him after suddenly disap pearing for a moment, walking away from the direction of Mr Spanlow's, linen draper, with a large roll of something under his arm. Witness acquainted Mr Spanlow, and fol lowed the prisoner, crying " Stop thief 1" Prisoner, who ran very fast, when he found himself hotly pursued, threw down the roll of bed ticking and again darted off. A youth endeavoured to atop him, but he knocked him down and went on; others endeavoured to arrest him, but he escaped them, and being seized by a gen tleman, he endeavoured to shake him off, but failed, the gentleman although thrown down seizing him tightly. Prisoner—Let me ask him a question, your worship— now if I had this roll how did I get it ? Witness—From Mr Spanlow's door, I suppose. Prisoner —Did you see me take it from the door? Witness—No, I did not; but I saw you carry it away. Prisoner—You didn't see anything. Mr Charles Spanlow, 43, Rochester-row, said that the roll was secured at his door and must have been cut away. He saw the prisoner running with it, and several persons attempted to stop him. Prisoner—Do you say people tried to stop me ? Witness—Yes, I de. Prisoner --Nobody tried to stop me ; they knew I hadn't done anything, and why should they atop me. Prisoner was remanded. THAMES. CIIA.RGE OF STABBING.—Two SIDES TO A QUESTION. — John Thompson, a labourer, was brought before Mr Paget, charged with cutting and wounding Stephen Barry, a coorer. The prosecut r, an Irishman, who appears to have acted very generously to the prisoner, said he had no home, and he took him into his lodging and treated him well with the bite and the sup, because he was in distress. Yesterday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, the prisoner came home and vio lently shoved open the door. lie asked him why he did it, to which the prisoner made no reply, but asked another question, " Have you any money." lie said to the prisoner, " What has it to do with you whether 1 have or not." Th.i prisoner then said, " give you something very soon," and took a table knifo off the table and stabbed him in the wrist of his right artr Mr Paget—And you are compelled to keep your arm in a sling ? Barry—Yes, sir, and I cannot go to work. I tried to stop the prisoner, but he ran away. I followed him till I saw a constable, and then gave him into custody. Before he struck me with the knife he said he would do for me. I offered him no provocation at all. . Mr Howard Diltvorth, surgeon, said he had examined the wounded man, who was Wending from an incised wound which had cut through an artery on the right wrist. It was 3 inches long, and might have been inflicted with a table knife. It might prove a serious wound. The prisoner said there two sides to a question, and hie version of the affair was this—" Well, your Worship," he continued, " I lodged with that young mall. When I came home yesterday, he war , at home before me. I asked him for the key of our room, and he made a laugh of it, and would not open it for me. I knocked in the door with my feet. Barry came to me and struck me on the mouth twice. We were both the worse for liquor, and he fell. He cut himself with something. He kept running up and down stairs. He cut my mother, and he injured my eyes." Mr Paget committed the prisoner for trial at the next Old Bailey Sessions. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. PARISH PROSECUTION OP , BROTHEL KEEPER. — Anne Melville, a stylishly dressed female, was chat ged be fore Mr Tyrwhitt on a warrant with keeping a brothel at 32, Osendon-street. The prosecution was instituted by the authorities of St. Martin's parish, Mr Robinson, from the Vestry-clerk's office, attending for the prosecution, and Mr Abrams for the prisoner. Sergeant Appleton, 26 0, proved Melville, the prisone r, as the keeper of 32, Oxendon-street—a brothel. Mr Abrams said the house was shut up now. Mr Robinson sail the warrant contained the names of two persons, one of whom, named Williams, was triod at the sessions yesterday, and ho had to ask that the prisoner might be sent to the sessions to be tried at once, a true bill being found against her. Mr Abrams objected to this, as - the sessions would be over that day, and he had to ask that the usual bail might be taken, there being no reason to suppose she would not sur render. . . Mr Robinson said he had to ask that the usual bail might not be taken, as the prisoner had kept out of the way of the police. Sergeant Appleton said the prisoner had been keeping out of the way, and it was not till yesterday that he ascertained her whereabouts. Mr Abrams said he was glad to see the authorities of St. Martin's were acting with something like firmness, and not selecting the smaller houses, and allowing the women of the larger ones to escape. Mr Tyrwhitt said he thought the usual bail would do, and committed the prisoner to the next sessions, fixing the bail at £BO for the prisoner, and two sureties of £4O each. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat wero very moderate. The produce was re ceived in good condition ; nevertheless, the trade for al qualities ruled inactive, at Monday's currencies. With foreign wheat the market was well supplied. The amount of business transacted was very moderate, yet no change took place in prices, compared with Monday. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request, at late rates. The market was fairly supplied with barley. Good and fine malting qualities moved off slowly, at previous quota ions; otherwise, the trade was dull. The malt trade was very dull, at fully the late decline in prices. The supply of oats on sale was large. In most descrip tions a good business was transacted, at Monday's currency. Beans met a slow sale, at late rates. For peas the trade was quiet, on former terms. The demand for flour was by no means active, at pro violas quotations. ARRIVALS THIS IvIZEIC. 'Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oate. English 1,060 910 1,630 3,190 Irish .. — Foreign 16,920 2,960 Flour. 310 -- 38,330 7470 et& BOROUGH HOP. For good and fine hops there is a bteady demand, at ful prices. For inferior produce the trade is dull, at about sta. ionary prices. ,IGENCE, RAILW A' GALASHIELS AND PEEBLES. A portion of this line between Innerleithen and Peebles was opened for traffic on Saturday. A large number of persons assembled at the Innerleithe❑ station to see the first train start at 750 a.m., which was loudly cheered. During the day the departure and arrival of trains were watched with great interest by the people, the plaee having hitherto been very badly accommodated with the means of travelling. There were four trains each way, and each train included accommodation for third-class passengers. GREAT EASTERN. This company is proceeding with surveys for a line through Lincolnshire to the Yorkshire coalfields A❑ unsuccessful application with this object was made to Parliament last session. INVERNESS AND ABERDEEN JUNCTION. The extension of this company's line from Meikle ferry to Bonar■bridge, a distance of 111 miles, was opened for public traffic on Saturday. This com pletes the extension from lnvergordon to Boner bridge. The company's double line between Inver ness and Dalcross was also opened on Saturday for public traffic. MADRAS. The opening of this company's Mysore branch to Bangalore for public traffic took peace, as proposed, on the Ist of August last, amid much festivity and rejoicing among the European and native corn• munity. The capital of Mysore and chief military station of the south of India is thus brought within ten hours' journey of Madras. The traveller can breakfast at Madras and dine at Bangalore, 216 miles off, nearly in the centre of the peninsula, at an elevation of 3,000 feet above the sea, and in one of the most agreeable and salubrious of Indian climates. This great height, moreover, is attained so gradually, by the skilful advantage which has been taken of the natural features of the country, that the gradient of the line at no point exceeds , 1 in 75, and then only for a very short distance. The length of the branch from Jallarpet, where it leaves the south-west line of the Madras Railway, to Bangalore, is 84 miles, and, with the exception of the nine miles in which it finally rises to the Mysore table land, the gradients throughout are easy, snd the works comparatively light. From the general cheapness of its construction and its prospects of traffic, which will also pass over the main line for a greater or less distance, the completion of this branch is as much a matter of congratulation to the shareholders of the com pany as to the communities of Madras and Mysore. Its importance in a political and military point of view is considerable. The opening of a further extension of about 40 miles of the company's North west line towards Cuddapa, was expected to take place in the course of last month. This section embraces the Balapillay Pass, which is the heaviest work on the line, and has hitherto been a great oh ' struction to obtairing the Cuddapa traffic for the railway. North America and West India Station Our Portsmouth cortespendent has received the follow ing interesting statement of the doings at the above station, from on board H.M.S. Liverpool, Capt. Rowley Lambert, then lying at the mouth of the Rio Grande River. The writer says : " Probably you have heard that on our late cruise round the Island of San Domingo we unfortunately touched some unknown rocks, which are not marked on any of the Admiralty charts. Fortunately for us we were going at the tate of about nine knots an hour, otherwise I ice' con- fident that we should have remained on the rocks, and very likely not got off again. There was a good lump' of a sea on at the time, so we rode over. This occurred on the north side of the island, about half an hour after we lef:. the anchorage at Monte Christi, consequently we were about five miles from land. On our arrival at Port Royal> Jamaica, we had tha bottom of the ship examined by a diver, who reported that he found the bottom in a very ragged state, and about GOft of the keel gone. As there is no dock accommodation in any part of the station, the commo- dore thought the condition of the ship was such as to render it necessary to send her home for repairs, so he forwarded a despatch to the commander in chief, who was then a Halifax, stating how matters stood. We anxiously awaited an answer before we left Jamaica, as we were ordered to relieve the Shannon (at Rio Grande River), ac cording to admiral's order. Not getting a reply in time the commodore did not feel himself justified in remaining at Jamaica until the next mail, so we left for here. We have no regular communication with Jamaica ; the only way we can receive news from that island is by the commodore sending a gunboat, the distance being 1,100 . miles. By chance we may receive letters by the Liverpool steamer, which comes round the coast once a month, to pick up what merchandise she can, and should she be coming to Vera Cruz, we shall receive news. The Rinaldo and Virago are here, under our orders. The former ship leaves for Vera Cruz, with the mail, taking 40,000 dole. on freight, I suppose for England, per mail steamer. The Virago, I hear, had about 50 of her ship's company on the doctor's list some short time since, the malady being a kind of low fever. lam glad to state that all recovered. The Rinaldo is a very happy and comfortable ship. As to the Liverpool she is particularly clean and very healthy. We had one case of small-pox on board, but that was in a mild form, and the patient soon got quite well. We may congratulate ourselves that with a complement of 550 men we are so healthy. I will now endeavour to describe to you the state of affairs here. The Rio Grande, as we all know, divides Mexico from Texas; the latter place the Fedora troops have been in possession of for some considerable time. At present, I believe, there are about 10,000 of them encamped within sight of our ship, at a place called Brasos, but I hear they will shortly evacuate Texas alto gether. The Confederates, in force, are encamped about three miles off. Very often the outposts are seen skir mishing, and the other day the Confederates took some of the Federal cavalry prisoners. We very often see great excitement amongst them in the camp through our glasses. There are a great number of ships of all nations waiting here for cargoes of cotton. Some have been here no less than seven months, expecting a cargo. I should inform you that all the cotton is transmitted from the Federal states, across the river into Mexico (Matamoras), and all the merchant vessels are anchored on the Mexican side of the river, so that the Federal cruiser dare not interfere, as they did before a British man of war was stationed here. The way the cotton is got off is by bar boats from agents, no doubt employed on the Mexican side, who receive the same from the Confederate States. The French frigate Bellone, bearing the French admiral's flag, arrived here yesterday, as did also a very large paddle wheel steamer and a large troop ship. In all we have a small fleet here, consisting of four French ships. This part of Mexico not being effectively subdued the French admiral has landed 400 troops, in order to take possession of the place. We hear the French are going to blockade the Mexican coast, and that the Federals are going to blockade the Texas side of the river, so that when that takes place I cannot con ceive what good we shall be here, or the numerous merchant ships either. I should say that there are not less than 100 vessels here of various sizes. I believe the Confederates are only waiting for guns and supplies to attack the Federals at Brasos. Probably we shall see something of the attack. The French ships are supplied with steam launches, which must be very convenient for towing boats in landing troops. I assure you that the 400 troops were landed in less than two hours. We should state that while the Liverpool was expecting news as to her destination the Phaeton received orders to relieve her, and she is now on her way to Plymouth." Mgr. Devoncoux, Bishop of Evreux, returned to his episcopal residence on Saturday after six months absence caused by severe illness. The reverend prelate is still weak, and will leave Evreux in a few days for the south of Francs, a warmer climate being necessary for the re establishment of his health. THE GREAT NAPOLEON.—It was my luck yes-. terday to see an interesting relic which an English' gentleman with great difficulty has rescued from Red Re publicanism, and is about to deliver over to the hands of the " rightful heir." it is only a sketch. But what a sketch, and what a history is attached to it I Nay, what a page of modern history it illustrates I Just as the greatest man of that age, worn out by the effects of an imprison. ment, which would in these days fatally condemn the j uti .ges who pronounced sentence, was expiring, more of in sc u m than illness, and, perhaps, more of remembrarx e t h an either, for— " Nessun maggior dolor© Che ricordarsi del tempo felice, Lieutenant Frederic Marryat, of the Newce7.tle, landed at St. Helena. He was ver y anxious, as I'Lave often heard him to say, to see Baonaparte. When ' lle reached Long wood, disease and anxiety had ahead , / sent that glorious intellect "to aspire to the sky." Sir rkudson Lowe allowed Marryat to take a sketch of the cor p se " Before Decay's effacing fin gers Had swept the line whore Beauty lingers ;" and he has left a 'muffle, soft as woman, calm as sleep, and yet a likeness of the stern.cst and most determined man who ever galloped over a via of carnage. Such is the " family picture" about to be offered to the Emperor of the French. Lieutenant Marrya c was the Captain Marryat at whose novels we have ati laughed, and at whose table I dare say many of us have dined.—. Paris Later, 951 41 5 WHITECHAPEL. Our market is but moderately supplied with meat, and the 'rade rules firm, of follows : Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Gd ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; veal, 3s 81 to ts 8d ; and pork, 3s Gd to ös por Bibs by the carcase. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON,y; strong t . b s ro .— oze W an in d d fitillieiswedaatyhera.t noon—North , Baoot PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 4.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—ller Ma jesty's ship Black Prince, for Portland. WARRENPOINT, Oct. 3.—Wind N,E.—Arrived.—Dnie Tylie, from New York. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 4.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Nimeira, for Sydney. NEWPORT, Oct. 4.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Fido, from Belfast, for St. Thomas, Sailed—Albion, for St. Thomas —Premier, for Zimaga. CLYDE, Sept. 4.—Wi n d N . B.—Arrived—Arrogant , from Qaeheo—Chapman, from Salina. Sailed—Norwester, for Madras. PILL, Sept. 4.—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed—ltalia, for Akyab. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH') GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Oct. 4—August e , from Stralsund. Sailed, Oct. s —Rhine, steamer, for B o ulogne ; Hanover, steamer, for Calais. DEI,j„ Wednesday Morning. Passed—Aurora, screw steamer, from Palermo, for London. Sailed—Orinoco, for the river, to repair damages. TEIGNMOUTII, DEVON, Tuesday Evening.—lt is blowing a heavy gale on this ooa3t from the east ward, causing a tremendous surf on the beach. Last even ing the lifeboat of the National Institution went out with the view of rendering assistance to the schooner Victoria, of this port. which was found in a perilous position, with the sea running fearfully heavy, off this place. The lifeboat remained by the vessel, and the crew afterwards boarded the schooner and assisted in pumping her out, and in bring- jug her to the harbour in safety. HEAVY GALE ON THE WELSH COAST.--Porth• carol, Tuesday.—A terrific easterly gale, says Captain Buchan, R.N., has been blowing since 10 a.m. on Sunday, with but slight intermission. We are making a floating dock, th., but last night our navvies could not work, all their fires, lamps, &I, being blown out. I fear we shall hear of much damage amongst the poor shipping, Worse even than exploding gunpowder works, and truly that was awful enough. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SCHOOL.--The Gover nor and Committee of the Incorporated Society of License d Victuallers (having accepted, for.the children of the school, 1 130 in n umber, the kind invitation of Profes ialll on performances, Saturday next, at th ree o ' c l oc k, f or that they will pay a vi s it t o Profes sor Anderson, the W izard of the North, t o attend his u magical ncaa s. A full and startlin g p r ogramme is announced for t o pjau s me rp for the occasion, not the least wonderful portion of which will be Miss Anderson's exhibition of clairvoyance. The children will be accompanied by their band, under the direction of Mr Blackma, of the Blackfriars-r ad, their honorary bandmaster; and it is expected that several ladies and gentlemen interested in the school and the children will also be present. THE ENGLISH PRINCE OF BOOKBINDERS.—The obituary of November 20, 1798, records :- 44 In Duke-street, St Martin's, died Mr Roger Payne, the cele brated bookbinder, whose death was a last regret to the founders of magnificent libraries. This ingenious man introduced a style of binding, uniting elegance with durability, such as no person has ever been able to imi tate. He may be ranked, indeed, among artists of the greatest merit. The ornaments he employed were chosen with a classical taste, end in many instances appropriated to the subject of the work, or the age and time of the author, and each book was accompanied by a written descri p tion of isornhias 66 iThchylus," in the possession of Earl and decorations of which are most the ornaments in a most p recise and curious st y le. His cslpieefndce'zt the or naments splendid and classical. The binding of the book cost the noble earl 15 guineas. Those who are not accustomed to see book binding executed in any other than th e common man ner, can have no idea of the merits of the deceased, who lived without a rival, and we fear, has died without a successor. His re mains were decently interred in the burying-ground of St. Martin's in the Fields, at the expense of a respectable and upright bookseller resident in that parish, to whom, in a great measure, the admirers of this ingenious man's per formances may feel themselves indebted for the prolonga tion of his life, having for the last 8 years (with that good ness of heart for whic h his famil y is distin g uished) p rovided him mwi n th ad thearegu pe rformance of assistance for the support of his body of his work. What adds to the credit of this is,that this poor man had not a proper command of himself ; for, formerly when in possession of a few pounds, he would live jovially, when that was exhausted, almost famishing. It may be proper to remark that, although his name was spelt exactly as his patron's, ho was not related to him." Thus modestly has his biographer informed us of the name of the famous and truly benevolent bookseller, who for many years supported, and when dead, so respect ably interred him. He was his namesake, although in no way related to him. --City Press, The Windsor Tragedy, WINDSOR, Tuesday. Last night, at 10 o'clock, the eldest daughter of the mur derer, John Richard Cook, was still alive. But faint hopes of her recovery are, however, entertained by her medical attendant. At present she is only kept alive by the injec tion of nourishing stimulants, brandy, &c., and the poor child lies in the humble bedroom of her father's cottage, at Old Windsor, moaning piteously. The policeman, George Lovell, 26, of the Berks Constabulary, who discovered the murder, states that on sending out into the village for the assistance of a woman to tend the suffering girl, none of the neighbours would give their services. He was then forced to send to the union, whence one of the aged inmates was sent to wait upon the sufferer. The cottage of Cook, a small four-roomed building, with white-washed front, surrounded by a small garden, bounded by a low hedge, with the flower beds trampled and flattened by the feet of the children, is a perfect house of death, and few would expect to find such a scene of horror in such a quiet and innocent looking village as Old Windsor. The scene in the little front parlour is heart-rending. There. on a bed made upon the floor, lie three interesting little girls in their death slumber undressed—with the exception of the youngest, who is clothed in a little dark frock and white pinafore. They are lying side by side in a row, with countenances almost placid, and one might almost fancy they are sleeping, and it is not till the bed clothes are removed from the upper portions of their bodies that the hideous and violent nature of their death becomes apparent. In their dying agony the children would seam to have turned upon their right sides, while their iiouths and necks, as in the case of the elder girl, were scorched and blackened with the vitriol. The girl who wee found with her throat cut, lying beside her father, and conveyed to the Windsor Infirmary, is, Dr. Pear thinks, improving, and her life will probably be saved. She is under the care of the infirmary surgeon. This day at noon Drs. Pearl and Gooch, of Windsor, proceeded to the cottage of Cook far the purpose of making a post. mortem examination of the body of the eldest of the three girls who were poisoned. The examination lasted several hours, and after a very minute inspection no traces of the poison could be found. The contents of the stomach have been preserved from the purpose of analyeation should the coroner so direct. At the first cursory in spection, and till the post-mortem examination of to-day, it was thought that as the eldest girl, who is still alive, was poisoned with vitriol, the three younger had met their , deaths from a similar poison, as the symptoms in all the oases appeared similar, The examination of to-day has, however, altered the opinion of the medical men, who now think that the three younger children may possibly have been poisoned with laudanum, three empty bottles smelling strongly of this poison having since been disco vered—or some other narcotic; the precise nature of the deadly agent used in carrying out the murderer's intention will only be ascertained on the analysis of the stomach of he deceased child. _ In the meantime the eldest girl is yet living, though suffering frightfully from the poison she has imbibed, and her case was spoken more favourably of by the medical at tendants. The girl who was found with her throat cut and who was removed to the Windsor Infirmary, is under the care of Mr Bricknell, the surgeon, and is going on as favourably as can be expected. The premises are now in charge of the Berks constabu lary till the inquezt. The gentry in the neighbourhood of Old Windsor have been very kind in their attention to the girl who was poi soned, and many little comforts, such as ices, grapes, &1., have boon sent by Mrs Lovibond and Miss Thackeray, ladies residing in the district. Two letters have been found, one directed to the vicar and the other to the brother, written by the murderer Cook, which will no doubt reveal the Leo • tives for the commission of this dreadful murder. Numbers of people, actuated by a morbid feeling of curiosity, have vieited the premises. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, The market opens with a steady feeling. Sales probably 5,000 bales. The Leeds Banking Company. (From tire Economist.) The affairs of the Leeds Banding Company are of the greatest interest, both because they afford a signal indica tion of the possible extent and inevitable result of reckless banking, and because the sort of reckless banking which they exhibit is the very sort which is now most to be dreaded. As long as a bank is lending actual money—the money of its shareholders or of its depositors—there are plain safe guards from error, and there are close limits to recklessness; but when a bank is giving acceptances and endorsements — when it is lending its name—there is no close limit ; crimi nal folly and criminal wildness may soon and easily accu mulate liabilities which far exceed and swallow up any paid up capital or reserve fund. There are three questions to be asked on the failure of every joint-stock bank-1. Whatimoney has been lost? 2. How it has been lost ? 3. What additional money must be paid up by the shareholders if the public is to be paid in full ? The accounts presented by the professional gentlemen to the meeting certainly give the means of answering these questions, but their form is involved and complicated, and very few, if any, men of business will spare the time to work out and solve them, We may therefore be of use in throw ing the matter into an easy and popular shape. The sum for which the Leeds Banking Company are liable—the sum they had to dispose of—is close on three millions, and is shown at a single view by the following account : LIABILITIES. To Shareholders. Ca; ital £llo,loo 0 0 Reserve and contingent fund - 106,655 9 6 Premium on shares sold p 7,304 5 0 Unclaimed dividends 1,714 6 0 Balance of profit and loss account, charges to bs entered, and sundries unclaimed £314,050 3 1 To the Public. Doposit on current or other accounts Sundry bankers 89,383 15 8 Creditors holding security 90,971 12 1 Liabilities on endorse ments of bills of ex change .. 1 919,991 14 3 2,650,300 6 10 Total liabilities £2,961,350 9 11 And against this they have to show : ASSETS. e. d. Cash 15,327 8 7 Estimated produce of bills receivable un pledged Debts, good and unpledged .. 618,384 14 1 Bills endorsed by the bank which it is believed will be paid by the acceptors at maturity Bills endorsed by the bank which it is believed will be ultimately recovered from the acceptor or the drawers, though not paid at maturity 400,000 0 0 S ecur ities held by special creditors Charges due from customers Stationery, ete. .. Totil assets £2,146,687 3 0 showing a deficiency of £817,663 Gs lld, which, therefore, is the sum the managers of the bank have made away with. It is eight times the capital of the bank, and exceeds by nearly 60 per cent. the legitimate liabilities of the bank — its liabilities to depositors. We do not remember to have seen before a first account in which the deficit of the bank without circulation was more than the money depoeitel with it. How, then, has it been lost ? The figures speak for themselves. Though the capital of the bank was only £lOO,OOO, it has been giving enaorements, lending its name and credit for all but two millions, and these two millions were of so bad a character that the accountant divides thus : To be paid at maturity Not to be paid at maturity 1,000,000 0 0 What possible reoklessness could have £ l l ll of bills, 919 What b l4 a. n k 3 with £lOO,OOO of capital to give its endorsements to two millions of which 50 per cent, of which ons million will not be paid when due,is at first sight hard to conceive. It is true a considerable part, say £600,000 of these bills, are esti mated to be ultimately paid, but even that leaves a loss of £100,000 3 or four times the bank capital. And when a bank is lending its name on a scale so prodigious, ultimate pay ment has nothing to do with the matter. Instant payment by the acceptor of the bill is essential to the safety of the bank. As soon as an acceptor dishonours a bill, the holder looks for the best end)rser. He sees the en dorsement of a bank—the bank doors are always open—he presents the bill, and it must be paid or the bank stops. The Leeds Banking Company were liable by endorsement on £1,000,000 of bills, which would not be paid on matu rity by the acceptors, which, therefore, they would have to pay. And what had they to pay with ? Not a penny of Consols, not a penny to call in London which they could use, and only £15,000 of cash in the bank. We should inquire not how such a concern came at last to stop, brit how, during so many months of dear money and critical credit, it has contrived to shiver on. The explanation of such seemingly inexplicable wildness is a very wild one, of which there have been hundreds of examples before, and of which while human nature remains what it is there will always be a certain number. The manager of the bank, the uncontrolled manager, for the directors did not control him, was frightened by the most pressing of banking dangers. He had lent a good deal of money to certain insolvent persons, and he did not dare to bring those insolvents to a stand for fear of stopping the bank. Some years ago an enterprising broker, who which aft er wards failed, ga ve his accept ance payable at a bank the bank will also has long since stopped, and said, " Oh, discount it." On trial the bank would not discount it, and the holder brought it back to,ths dr. met% " Won't I Ley discount it P" he replied, " there must be a mistake. I sere is my cheque for the same am runt. See if they do not cash that " And they did cash it, not daring for their own cre dit to refuse; the amount he owed them was so enorn pus. The end of this is certain. When, as now at Leeds, some half dozen unprincipled but sharp men feel a bank must at its peril give them what money they like, they like to have an immense deal. They go on asking and asking till the credit of the bank stops. Several worthless firms were in this powerful position over the Leeds Bank ; they had already borrowed so much that they could borrow what they chose. The directors appear to have known little about it, and the manager must have known far more than he chose to tell. In subordinate parts of the accounts the Fame reckless ness is evident generally, indeed wildness of this magnitude runs through all details waare it once begins. It is not worth while taking much care of pence when you know that you are squandering pounds on pounds. The bills on hand receivable in a bank ought to be in the main good ; that of the Leeds Banking Company were in amount .E. 1.25,232 16s 114 at the stoppage. Of this— There will be recovered, it is said £ 13 5 ,224 14 7 There will not be recovered .. 90,508 2 4 Total £225,732 16 11 so that two-fifths of the bills were bad. The loans are batter, but in any other statement we should consider them culpably bad. The "debtor balances," as the accountants call them, at the close were £7 6 G, 925 2d X s. d. Of which there were bad Doubtful (£104,861 16s 6d) taken at 10e in the pound Held as security by creditors. 121,385 12 6 Unavoidable for general creditors Available __.- Total 766,925 11 2 so that nearly one-filth were bad, and nearly another fifth pawned. As to the sum which the shareholders will have to pay if the public is not to lose, we can at present only conjecture. The deficiency of £816,100, or eight times the capital, is only a first estimate ; and looking to the naturo of the busi ness, we doubt its sufficiency Very bad business always gets worse the more you look at it. Where a manager has been guilty of recklessness so wild, so culpable, so prodigious as here, calm and quiet men of business have great difficulty in estimating or believing how bad it is. If the shareholaers get off with any such loss as this, we shall consider them to have escaped easily from a calamity so formidable. SECOND EDITION• SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. BEDFORD RACES-THIS DAY. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) STRATTON PARK. STAKES. Goldylocks Triumpher Zeloo 3 QUEEN S PLATE. Lady Hylda 1 East Lancashire . Oldminster Fuur ran. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. BEDFORD RAVES—Tnis DAY. HUN TERS' STAKES. Vision Brother Sam _ TWO YEAR OLD SELLING STAKES. lalliet Ethel Bossy Eight ran. SCURRY HANDICAP. Light Concordia Nine ran. LATEST BETTING. CESIREWITCH STARES. 6to 1 agst Gratitude (taken) Bto 1 agst Mail Train (taken) 9to 1 agst Thalestris (taken) 10 to 1 agst Calista colt (taken) 20 to 1 agst Ltdy Hylda (taken freely) 33 to 1 agst Alabama (taken) 100 to 1 agst Welcome (offered) HASTINGS ELECTION—This Day. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Mr G. Waldegrave Leslie (Liberal) Ol5l Mr Robertson (Conservative) Majority SUDDEN DEATH OF A BARRISTER.—Mr Charles Winston, special pleader, of the Home Circuit, died suddenly on Monday afternoon at his chambers, 3, Harcourt buildings, Temple. The deceased gentleman had been stay ing in the country for a short time with his family, and only arrived in London on Monday morning for the purpose of arranging some of his accounts, his intention being to return by the 4 o'clock train. His clerk was sent into the City to get a cheque cashed, and on his return he found his master lying on the floor apparently dead. lie at once called in the assistance of Mr Broome, gardener of the Temple, and Mr Brooks, of Fleet-street, who was of opinion that life had been extinct nearly three quarters of an Lour. The de ceased appeared to be in excellent health, and the cause of death is supposed to be disease of the heart. The inquest was held at the chambers of the unfortunate gentleman yesterday, before Mr Sergeant Payne, coroner for the City of London. Sir J. Reid, Bart., aceempanied by the solicitor of the deceased, was present during the inquiry. It ap peared that deceased, who was 49 years of age, had been deputy judge of the county courts of South Staffordshire, North Wales, Brent ford, Marylebone, and sometimes Westminster, which he carried on beyond his practice. Be was, moreover, an excellent chemist, and devoted much of his time to scientific researches. Mr T. Brooks, of 165, Fleet-street, surgeon, said he had not made s post-mos - Sew examination of the body, but he believed that death was the result of disease of the heart, produced by overwork and long abstinence from food. He found a bottle of colchicum in the room, A gentleman said that the deceased had been taking colchicum for the last nine or twelve years for a pain in the back. It was a mixture made up from a prescription by Dr Crofts. The deceased took a few drops at a dose. Mr Brooks said it was a very improper remedy. An overdose of colchicum would affect the constitution firstly by irrita tion, secondly by diarrhaa, and lastly by exhaustion. Sir John Reid, who appeared much affected, said deceased was his nephew. He was sure he was overworked. He was al ways working, and neglected to take his proper meals. He had Cued with him on Saturday last, and he saw him again on Sunday, when he appeared in his usual health. Sir John, however, knew that deceased laboured under some internal affection. The coroner then summed up on the above evi dence, and the jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony. How THEY MAKE PERFUMICS.—M. Mere drives us to his laboratory, and with the perspicuity of a Frenchman—es qui r.'esi pas stair n'esS pas Francais—ex plains to us the art and mystery of extracting odours from flowers. Thus illuminated, we can smile with bland supe riority on the popular notion (which we entirely forget that we ever entertained) respecting the process. We now know that distillation is not the only, not even the usual process; but in the great majority of cases the odours are isolated by two methods, that of maceration and enflowering (ertlieurage). It is thus that orange, tuberose, acacia, violet, jasmine, rose, jonquil, and others are treated ; and these processes depend on a fact u nknown 1i this country, At least unpublished, until Mr Seotimus Piesse brought out his work, "The Art of Perfumery." 11. allude to the property which pure oil, butter, grease, an'd fat have of absorbing the fragrant principle from flowers in contact with them. Fate absorb odours, as a sponge absorbs water. If the fat thus impregnated be placed in pure alcohol, or any other spirit, the fragrant principle quits the fat, and we have then the scented spirit which perfumers sell. Such being the principle, let us now learn the process. The grease —beef, suet, or lard — is boug ht, and p urified from all ani mal fibre and sanguineous matters by long boiling in water and nitre. When cold it is again boiled in rose water, to which a minute quantity of benzoin gum has been added. It is now allowed to cool and solidify, and it is then tit for use . Large quantities of grease are thus prepared during the periods when the flowers are out season. The grease is euflewered on a frame, very similar to a window sash, the woodwork being two inches thick, with the glass in the centre, so that when two or more frames are laid together there is space sufficient for the flowers between the glasses. The glass has a layer of pure tat spread over it, each glees requiring about a pound of fat. On this the freshly-gathered flowers are sprinkled, and as there are several hundred frames at work for each kind, the quantity of perfumed grease prepared at once is enormous. When the flowers are spread on the grease each frame is piled on another t ill they amount to 40 or 50. There they remain from 24 to 36 hours ; then the eld or spent blossoms are removed, and fresh flowers placed upon the grease ; and this is repeated until the fat is sufficiently impregnated, when it is scraped off the glass, melted at a low heat, and strained to remove stray petals. It is finally poured into the canisters for preservation and expo: tettion.— Coe nhill Magazine. STATE OF TRADE IN BACUP.—The cotton tre,de in Bacup and district bears a more unfavourable aspect than it did some few weeks ago, nearly all the frills work ing considerably less time. At the meeting of the Board of Guardians held on the 233 ult. it was thought advisable to request the relief co mmittees in the variousri townships othe f the union to consider the propriety of me distribution of relief. too 100 100 too 100 100 95} 101 i 1051